SAT阅读考试中修辞手法-智课教育出国考试.pdf

智 课 网 S A T 备 考 资 料 SAT阅读考试中修辞手法-智课教育出国考试 各位考生在阅读考试中一定遇到长难句无法理解的情况，其实有些 是因为包含了一些修辞手法，所以考生们一时间难以按正常用语去理解 ，本文就为大家详细讲解了SAT阅读考试中修辞手法。 从2005年3月SAT考试改革以来，以前从未出现过的修辞手段题型( RHETORICAL DEVICE)悄然出现在了阅读理解部分。由于这种题型比较 新而且相对其他题型来说其所占比重并不是那么高，很多考生没有给予 足够的重视，因而在考试中造成了无故失分现象。我们知道，在SAT考 试中，决定每一百分的仅仅是六七道题。因此每一道题在“分分必争” 的阅读理解题中都显得是那么的重要。下面小编就结合自己的教研经验 谈谈SAT阅读考试修辞手法的问题。 Understatement ：低调的陈述 定义：A figure of speech which contains an understatement of emphasis, and therefore the opposite of hyperbole. Often used in everyday speech and usually with laconic or ironic intentions. 这种修辞格是故意使用有节制的措辞来陈述事实，故意轻描淡写 ， 借低调与弱化语言形式来表示强调。 例子：1.I know he is honest, and I wish I could add he were capable. 我知道他是诚实的，我还希望我能说他是能干的。 此句也是用虚拟语气来体现understatement，I could add he were capable其实是在说“但他不够能干”。 2.The face wasn’t a bad one; it had what they called charm. 面孔不算难看 ，有一般人所称的妩媚。 此句不是冲淡她的魅力 ，而是采用低调渲染 ，意即The face was sweet; her charm conquered everybody. 明似贬 抑 ，实则褒扬. simile:明喻 定义：A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared. 明喻是一种修辞手法，把两种基本不相像的东西进行比较. 例子：1.He is something of a political chameleon.他有点象政治上的变色龙 2.He looked as if he had just stepped out of my book of fairytales and had passed me like a spirit. 他看上去好像刚从我的童话故事书中走出来，像幽灵一样从我身旁 走过去。 sarcasm:讽刺 定义：It attacks in a taunting and bitter manner, and its aim is to disparage ,ridicule and wound the feelings of the subject attacked 例子：1.Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies ,but let wasps break through 法律就像是蜘蛛网 ，只能抓住小飞虫 ，轻易让大黄蜂一冲即破。 2.Behind every successful man, there is a woman. And behind every ， unsuccessful man , there are two. 每个成功男人的背后,都有一个女人. 每个不成功男人的背后, 都有两个. rhetorical question:反问句 定义：a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered a question to which no answer is required: used it for dramati